Steve Beshear

Steven Lynn "Steve" Beshear (21 September 1944-) was Governor of Kentucky (D) from 11 December 2007 to 8 December 2015, succeeding Ernie Fletcher and preceding Matt Bevin; he previously served as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 13 December 1983 to 8 December 1987, succeeding Martha Layne Collins and preceding Brereton Jones, and Attorney General of Kentucky from 11 December 1979 to 13 December 1983, succeeding Robert Stephens and preceding David Armstrong.

Biography
Steven Lynn Beshear was born in Dawson Springs, Kentucky on 21 September 1944, and he graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1968. He briefly practiced law in New York before returning to Kentucky and being elected to the state legislature, where he became known as a consumer advocate. From 1979 to 1983, he served as Attorney General of Kentucky, issuing an opinion that the Ten Commandments would have to be removed from the walls of the state's classrooms in the wake of a US Supreme Court decision. He also opposed the government charging fees to people visiting the renovated governor's mansion. In 1983, he became Lieutenant Governor under Martha Layne Collins, and he lost the 1988 gubernatorial election. For the next 20 years, he practiced law in Lexington, but he was elected Governor in 2007 after making a political comeback. Beshear supported expanding casino gambling as a means of funding social programs like education, and he won re-election in 2011. He left office in 2015 due to term limits, and he was active in opposing Donald Trump's candidacy for President of the United States during the 2016 presidential election.